Theater highlights 2025/26: Tension, drama and music in East Frisia!

Theater highlights 2025/26: Tension, drama and music in East Frisia!

The Landesbühne Niedersachsen-Nord ensures a fresh wind in East Frisia. For the 2025/26 season, the theater makers not only have drama in their luggage, but also a musical fireworks and exciting thrills. On September 3, 2025, the musical "No Pardon", based on Hape Kerkeling's film of the same name, will open the curtain in Aurich. The ensemble brings a varied program with a total of 13 venues, whereby the Wilhelmshaven city theater is the stage for all samples. In Leer, the only place that provides the entire evening game offer, there are 748 seats in the Theater an der Blinke.

The audience's pretense is promising: last 360 subscriptions were sold. While the demand for the retail sale fluctuates from piece to piece, Esens mostly books six pieces from the overall program, whereby the support group of Theaterfreunde Esens interviews the audience when selecting the piece.

diverse pieces for the audience

The season is shaped by an interesting mix of pieces. Whether "State of the Union" by Nick Hornby or the exciting staging of "Moby Dick" - there is something for every taste. The program is complemented by the contemporary piece "Seven Ways to kill Kylie Jenner" by Jasmine Lee-Jones as well as the thoughtful "night, mother", which deals with suicide and communication between mother and daughter. Classics such as Kleist's "The Broken Jug" or "Mephisto" by Klaus Mann complete the offer that also includes a touch of humor with "eternal young".

But not just dramatic works are on the game plan. Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile" promises criminalist high tension, while the surreal comedy "Everything has to shine" could stimulate thought. The theater landscape is not unaffected by the latest developments: The 58th volume of theater statistics documents that the number of events has increased by 15 percent in the previous year. In addition, there was an increase in theater visits by 64 percent, which shows that people find more and more joy in the live experience.

challenges and opportunities

The challenges are nevertheless noticeable. The uncertainties due to the energy crisis and the fear of future closures of the stages through political decisions are topics that cannot be dismissed. But the positive tendency is encouraging: 22.4 million visits to theaters and orchestras in the last season are a signal that the stages can continue to do important things in society.

For all theater fans and readers interested in culture: Inside, it remains to be seen how the new season will develop in East Frisia. The program of the Landesbühne Niedersachsen-Nord, which is planning a promising start with "No Pardon", gives hope that the theater will keep a permanent place in the heart of the Region. Further information is available directly on the website of the Landesbühne (Landbuehne-nord.de).